Lush has fallen

As PPs say Lush is on my boycott list and has been for some time.

They use palm oil (SLS) and have a palm oil free range but they say sometimes you just have to use it. You don't. It's just a cheap ingredient. They are honest in their labelling though.

I did hear about them using footage from an animal charity they declined to support and then didn't credit them or donate. Can't remember the details but it appeared to be that they are not what they seem.

And yes the mermaids money and the police campaign is weird, even if you put aside the blatant misogyny and bullying.

Much better plastic free products online and delivered in paper/cardboard. DM for details if you're looking for an alternative, I don't sell anything I've just been avoiding Lush for a loooooong time.

Trans Media Watch are a charity dedicated to improving media coverage of trans and intersex issues.
So, yet another bunch of TRAs using the medical issues of intersex people to validate their beliefs.

Like lots of you here, the awful pong of their shops has always put me off and I can't imagine it's good for the shop assistants. This is just one more reason wo avoid them.

It was the Plane Stupid stuff that pissed me off and I don’t even travel.

This is 11 years ago

www.standard.co.uk/news/millionaire-who-funded-stansted-protest-has-lush-shops-at-airports-6916972.html

I'll never find the thread but a while ago someone posted about having to do some sort of staff H&s assessment for a Lush employee who identified as a pony and wore a tail.

Apparently they pester you all the time because management shout at them if they don't. Also WTF with the having the doors open all the time?

I suspected that Lush weren't quite as environmental as they made out, and I remember their poorly judge protest about the police etc. And the staff just pester you non-stop. I like their shampoo bars, but I'm out now too 🙂.

Just watched a few seconds of that 'torture' video linked above, it was all I could stomach.

This company is utterly abhorrent. I had no idea, just thought their products stank. Naked staff and torture videos. So edgy.

Don't think I can say much more without being very sweary.

This thread from someone who worked in Lush really put me off the company. Nowhere near as ethical as they portray themselves:

twitter.com/mondayfake/status/1195255732695961603

I was warned off their stuff. Then I was asked by a friend to help out raising money for a local womens charity (not woke and knows what a woman is) They were supported by Lush and the branch that hosted us were really lovely and very supportive. So they are prepared to raise money for a non woke women's charity

Customers were encouraged to kiss the staffs body to leave a lipstick print...which was of coursed abused by some men
I rarely have a wtf moment because not much surprises me anymore, but, wtf?

I used to buy loads from lush. Admittedly I did have to be careful their products didn't upset my vag. Then the arrogance of their police thing. I know the undercover police did awful things to women, but lush campaign was badly handled.

Lush are the wokest of the woke.

Trans media watch seems to focus on shutting down debate. Leading light of everything is transphobic.

Nice of lush to fundraise for them.

There’s volunteering and volunteering though, isn’t there?

An employer asking staff to “volunteer” for a work event during work time is the sort of scenario where staff may feel unable to say no for fear of negative consequences.

...You didn't volunteer for the voluntary event?

What shall we put in your appraisal? "Not a team player....?"

Lush has been a place to avoid for quite some time now. No great hardship for me as I think that their stuff is nasty tat anyway.

I would say that’s a hostile work environment. Among many other things ...

Agree. They shouldn't even be asking for volunteers.

"Come work for Lush! Catch a cold and a chill in a place you'd rather not mention and get your bare arse pinched all at once! Tissues for everyday runny nose caused by excessively scented products not included. Migraines as a result of all the scent a free bonus!"

Have Lush ever given money to a women's rights charity or lobby group?

My colleague’s daughter worked in a London store summer after A levels, I’ll ask her if she knows about this.

I would say that’s a hostile work environment. Among many other things ...

...of course they don't "force" you. Everyone is a volunteer.

They have events where they force staff to go about wearing nothing but an apron???

It’s meant to be a soap shop FFS!!

It's basically Axe/Lynx for women, isn't it?

Lush: asphyxiating women since inception.

What do we expect

Looks bloody cold in that video too, do you see the wind?

Lush is shit anyways it upsets my vulva.

...No, it was staff.

2019:
secretmanchester.com/lush-naked-shop/

2017:

2007:
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/1541773.where-the-streets-have-no-shame/

It's a regular thing.